Wreaths laid to mark Russian October Revolution

A delegation of the Party Committee, the People’s Council, the People’s
Committee and the Fatherland Front’s Committee of Hanoi on November 7
laid wreaths at the statue of Vladimir Ilych Lenin in Lenin Park to
mark the 97th anniversary of the Russian October Revolution (November 7,
1917).

The delegation was led by Ngo Thi Doan Thanh, member
of the Party Central Committee and Chairwoman of the Hanoi People’s
Council.

Lenin was one of the leading political figures and
revolutionary thinkers of the 20th century, who masterminded the
Bolshevik take-over of power in Russia in 1917. He was the architect and
first leader of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).